Caleb was born January 9, 1745 in Northampton, MA.
He went to college at Harvard and graduated with the highest honors in 1764. He chose to study law.
Caleb was elected to the Massachusetts General Court and also offered a job at the Supreme Court in 1783, but declined it.
Though he prefered a system that accorded the same rank and mode of election to both houses of Congress, He wanted equal representation in the opportunity to sign the Constitution.
Strong was called home on account of an illness in his family and so missed the opportunity to sign the Constitution.
He took a leading role among the federalist and campained for ratification.
In 1789 he was chosen to be the first senator in Massachusetts.
In 1793 he urged the government to send a mission to England and backed the resulting Jay's Treaty when it met opposition.
Caleb then became the Governor is 1800, and won reelaction in 1807. He then retired in 1816.
Caleb StrongCaleb was born January 9, 1745 in Northampton, MA.
He went to college at Harvard and graduated with the highest honors in 1764. He chose to study law.
Caleb was elected to the Massachusetts General Court and also offered a job at the Supreme Court in 1783, but declined it.
Though he prefered a system that accorded the same rank and mode of election to both houses of Congress, He wanted equal representation in the opportunity to sign the Constitution.
Strong was called home on account of an illness in his family and so missed the opportunity to sign the Constitution.
He took a leading role among the federalist and campained for ratification.
In 1789 he was chosen to be the first senator in Massachusetts.
In 1793 he urged the government to send a mission to England and backed the resulting Jay's Treaty when it met opposition.
Caleb then became the Governor is 1800, and won reelaction in 1807. He then retired in 1816.
He died on November 7, 1819.
Citations. Caleb Strong: Massachuttes Delagate Constitional Convention (did not sign). Concord Learning Systems, 2008. Web. 14 Oct. 2009.
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